The Man in the High Castle: Paperback

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He wrote full-time from 1951, when he sold his first short story, and went on to produce 44 novels and five collections of short stories.

I especially like the way we get a glimpse of how this takeover has affected the rest of the world, not just the United States. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a good dustjacket with shallow chipping along top spine edge and one (4cm) closed tear.Oh, the puns hahahaha I have a short story collection in Dutch that I still have to get to that has a short Dick in it. Dick cites the thematic influences of Japanese and Tibetan poetry upon the narrative of The Man in the High Castle; (i) The haiku in page 48 of the novel is from the first volume of the Anthology of Japanese Literature (1955), edited by Donald Keene; (ii) the waka poem in page 135 is from Zen and Japanese Culture (1955), by D. More than the story I thought that one of the most intriguing elements of this book was the atmosphere of the country in this alternate reality. The jacket still maintains its strong vibrant colors and has no other edgewear, no chips, no tears, no fading and no foxing. In the acknowledgements page of The Man in the High Castle, Dick mentions the thematic influences of the popular history The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (1960), by William L.

With all it’s dialogue and character interaction, it seems that this story would translate into an excellent screenplay and film that could accurately portray the aesthetics and mood of this Hugo Award winning novel. but it’s pretty laughable given there are front page magazine covers announcing “Up to 4 hours of TV a day! In this book, Dick depicts a world where the Axis powers -chiefly the German Reich and the Empire of Japan- have won World War II. Dick explains that he is Zoroastrian in his theology believing in the Gnostic duality that the world has been created by an evil deity which is being overthrown by a wise mind. The jacket has Some light rubbing and a short closed tear near bottom spine and small chips at edges.The Man in the High Castle presents a very convincing alternate history where Hitler and the Nazis, fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan had been the victors instead. Great content in which Dick and Warrick discuss TMITHC as well as Dick s Philosophy and hidden meaning of featured names. The single most resonant and carefully imagined book of Dickâ s careerâ ¦ One of Americaâ s enduring expressionist novels of alienation and disillusionment, whose environs are no more far-fetched than the West Egg mansion of an ersatz millionaireâ (New York Times).